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The Wild Political Story Behind ‘One Battle After Another’

[ad_1] The novels of Thomas Pynchon—which include towering canonical works such as Gravity’s Rainbow and V.—are challenging. They’re also brilliant: intoxicating, hilarious, maddening, and vulgar, aggressively lampooning the fascist-capitalist sweep of history and rich (sometimes overwhelmingly so) with cultural references.…

U.S. Jets Track Russian Warplanes Near Alaska: What to Know

[ad_1] North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) fighter jets were sent to identify and intercept four Russian military planes detected off Alaska on Wednesday, the organization said Thursday. The Russian aircraft remained in international airspace without entering U.S. or Canadian…